Article: Europe should not become "powder keg" of new weapons - Russian President Putin.

Europe should not become "powder keg" of new weapons - Russian President Putin

MOSCOW. May 29 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has cautioned against turning Europe into a "powder keg" of new weapons, referring to Washington's plans to deploy elements of its missile defense system in Europe.

"We consider it harmful and dangerous to turn Europe into a "powder keg" and to fill it with new kinds of weapons," Putin told a news conference after talks with the Portuguese prime minister in Moscow. "It creates new unneeded risks for the entire system of international and European relations."

The president said he "drew the Portuguese prime ...

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